Installation and Configuration

vSphere and vSphere with Operations Management deliver a
hybrid cloud platform with consistent management,
purpose-built to get the best performance, availability and
efficiency out of your infrastructure and applications from
day one​. The VMware vSphere architecture consists of
the following:

- A base hypervisor, vSphere ESXi, that is
installed on every physical server for hosting virtual
machines.

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Buying VMware vSphere or vSphere with
Operations Management

The rich capabilities of vSphere and vSphere with
Operations Management are packaged into multiple editions
to fit the needs of any organization. (Please note that
ESXi is the preferred hypervisor architecture when
deploying vSphere). VMware vSphere and vSphere with
Operations Management is available in English, German,
Simplified Chinese, Japanese and Korean.